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Report by Nicola Creighton, Feasta (The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability) I attended the UNFCCC meeting in Bonn for three days (14-17 May) of the second week of the meeting, my brief being to glean information on the views held by various parties on the EU-ETS as it prepares to enter its second phase (2008-2012) and to network for the Cap and Share Campaign, conceived by a number of people within Feasta energy and [...]
CSD-15 Report, May 2007 (Frank Corcoran, An Taisce) CSD-15 was the policy session for energy, industrial development, climate change and air pollution/atmosphere. CSD-14, the review year, had failed to analyse the costs of nuclear energy. The chair of CSD-15 was from Quatar, and at one stage referred to gas as a renewable energy. The EU was not happy with the Chairman’s summary, to such an extent that they refused to sign it. Of more interest [...]
Report by Grian SB 26 and AWG 3 adopted over two dozen conclusions, as well as completing text for several draft decisions due to be forwarded to CP-13/CMP-3 in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007. SBSTA adopted conclusions and/or decisions on several important issues such as the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, the development and transfer of technologies, reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries, methodological issues, and climate change [...]
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